Weekend Thread | Estimates SS 43.7m, SP 33.6m, PD 21.5, JCIJB 13.6m, BM 11.45m, SLOP 8.8m, STD 6.8m, FFJ 6.58m

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

Lol, "no correlation between Thursday night previews and the weekend." Talk to better BO analysts.

[Ezen Baklattan]

23 minutes ago, Sal said:

...how does one do the spoiler cut?

 

Spoiler

See the eye next to the emoji icon when editing a post? Click on that to make a spoiler. Assuming that's what you mean.

 

[GiantCALBears]

Just now, Jayhawk said:

Lol, "no correlation between Thursday night previews and the weekend." Talk to better BO analysts.

 

Agreed, what absurdly bad analysis lol.

[TalismanRing]

2 minutes ago, a2knet said:

 

No, they are really insane. The latest...

http://deadline.com/2016/08/weekend-box-office-suicide-squad-sausage-party-petes-dragon-1201802677/

 

Nuttier than a fruitcake. 

 

Also says SS's Thur was $8.2m

[Nova]

"No correlation between Thursday night previews and the weekend." aka "We have no fucking idea how to make box office predictions so we are going to make something up." 

[RandomCat]

So, how long till  Deadline bumps their Predict from 20 to 25?

[Mojoguy]

Hot dog sales will be going through the roof this weekend!!!

[a2k]

Deadline's analyst

[Nova]

4 minutes ago, RandomJC said:

So, how long till  Deadline bumps their Predict from 20 to 25?

When they get their 1PM east coast update on matinees, they'll actually decrease their prediction from $20M down to $12M. 

[Ethan Hunt]

LMAO @ Deadline and Variety

[That One Girl]

Looks like the theaters this weekend are gonna be penetrated by the crowds  

[TalismanRing]

6 minutes ago, Nova said:

"No correlation between Thursday night previews and the weekend." aka "We have no fucking idea how to make box office predictions so we are going to make something up." 

 

No correlation, then they make a comparison down page of Florence and Ricki and the Flash by comparing preview numbers.... (though not theater counts where Ricki had about 17% more)

 

 

 

[DAJK]

16 minutes ago, MCKillswitch123 said:

 

I dunno. But they're gonna try to blow our minds, that's for sure.

If SP wins the weekend:

"WB and Suicide Squad can suck on Rogen's sausage" 

 

i dunno, that's a bit too on the nose

[Nova]

2 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

 

No correlation, then they make a comparison down page of Florence and Ricki and the Flash by comparing preview numbers.... (though not theater counts where Ricki had about 17% more)

 

 

 

They make predictions all the time from preview numbers. They're rarely correct though. In this case, they're either just too lazy to do any research for this film or they're a bunch of morons. Judging them from past predictions and updates, I'm going to go with the latter. 

Edited August 12, 2016 by Nova

[4815162342]

"Sausage Numbers Rise Against Flaccid Competition"

[That One Girl]

2 minutes ago, 4815162342 said:

"Sausage Numbers Rise Against Flaccid Competition"

 

Other competitors to the film didn't make as big of an impact as Sausage Party, seeing as how their numbers were too soft.

[Nova]

"Sausage Party provides some stiff competition in a summer filled with flaccid competitors." 

[Eric the IF]

"Audiences Wanted the D this Weekend as the Competition Needs Viagra"

[CoolioD1]

 

[Gopher]

For anyone else moaning and groaning over how few movies making money this summer felt original or daring.. well, this one feels pretty good. 

 

I might go again this weekend so I can watch it with another audience.